I continue to work through my collection of 'vintage' FS models converting them and giving them a new lease on life in FSX.
My latest update is Tom Eads wonderful QED racer from the 1930's for FS2K2.
The plane was designed as the R6H and flown as the Q.E.D. by Jackie Cochran, Lee Gehlbach, and George Armistead. It was purchased by Franciso Sarabia and repainted as 'Conquistador del Cielo'. He set a speed and nonstop distance record in 1939 before crashing into the Potomac River and drowning.
"...The Gee Bee Q.E.D. ("Quod Erat Demonstrandum"), aka Gee Bee R-6H, aka the "Conquistador del Cielo" (Sky Conqueror) was the last in a series of racing and touring aircraft from the Granville Brothers. Unlike the other famous Gee Bee aircraft, the Q.E.D had the distinction of never finishing a race it was entered in..." [Wikipedia]
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